Dispersal of Muscidifurax raptorellus Kogan and Legner (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in a high-rise poultry facility

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-72

  Tobin, Patrick C ^a   Pitts, Charles W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; House fly control; Musca domestica; Muscidifurax raptorellus; Pteromalidae; Pupal parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTORELLUS; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 0032837640     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0742     Document Type: Article

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